Shingle.



c. s. BIRD.'

saumon. APPLjcATloN FILED ma. 5, 191s` 1,184,509` Patented May23,1916.

/yf/ f ion;

S. BIRD, F VALLRMSSACHUSETTS.

Be it `known `that l, CHARLES S. Bim)7 a, zen "ot the United States, reeldm `:it

ilVnlpole, in the conntyof Norfolk and tete l ofMnesechusetts, have invent/ed certain new lend useful Improvements inV Shingles, of

\ whieh the following is e specicetion. l f1 My present inventionfpertninsto improve- `ments in shinglee,theeonstruction and n; montages of which 4will he hereinafter set gforth, reference being heel to the annexed drawinge, wherein F'gnre lis a perspective View oi' several r y`joflltheshingles 'n'oduccd 1n accordance with my; invention; fig. 2 e perspective View of "onefof" the shingles viewer]` from the antler s1 de, and partly broken away to more clearly lllistrute the construction ;V and Fig. 3 a like View `themrts being shown' in full, illustrating e slightly motliefl form of the Vstrcture. f

*The object of the present 'invention is to Fjprolnee e peper shingle having e butt me mterally thinker than'theoppoeito emi themofgfthe butt presenting an unbroken surface nml being of a theknessenllicient to form "the "shallow eli'ect which is essential to e 1` commercial article,

The shingle may be seid to comprise e "Inninhody memher, formed of on' Upper sec-- tion" l, folded upon itself and producing `en unerlying short eeeticei 2." At the joint or v line of folfl between the two layers l and. 2, 1li introtlnce e filler., ne 3, coinguoeecl of e lil''roliefeoi'fl or smell rope, sind preterebly he- "tlreen the sections; l :intl there is introducecl e, Separate section i which et tlielgutt enel of the shingle contacte with the eclyncent fece oflthemeneer Seid, member t 'may he `nrieuzh'z of e length eq unl t5 the length of the @"Ineinher l,` or it (lesirerl it may he mede of e tlillerent length, ne tor instance, longer,` es

indicated et Il. in Fig.

l `The member@ l, Q and Il. nie "preferably 453 hy" lt-ientn'ient 'with nelihelturn lor the like,

`terrified of paper, suitably Waterproofel ne l antllthey are hond together -hy e suitable oenientitous material in theconrse of menum ffacturefheing subjected to sufficient 5m structure throngnout.

pressure to cause adhesion of `the venous parteci the i 1 The Eller 3, when formel corri or rope, willlylikewise he satureml wlth asphaltnm oganylother Waiter-repellent material, soh

Specification of iettcrs Patent.

enmenn 'meenten May 23, 191e.

Application ec February IS, E913. Eerial No. 746,354.

that the structure asn `Whole ie Waterproof throughout.

By producing the upper and lower faces of the shingle from a smgle sheet of materiel and. folding the `seme et the huttthere is produced n butt which is without joint or seam except'at the edges of the shingleyseid able Shadow elect Which'is present in theV ordinary-roof laid up with wooden shingles.

An oJjection to eper shingles which has hitherto oliteinedv ies in the fact that the butt usually presente a seem or jointwhicm` in winter, fluo to the action. of Water freezing upon `the shingles :in in the seams of the hott, or in Summen, due to the intense heat which is present when `the sun is shiningdirectly upon the roof, causes the butt to open up and thereafter `to befurther loosened `through the action ol? the Wind. With the present shingle such objection does not obtain, for there are no seems .at the butt of the shingle into which the `Weterean enter, and eonsequently the opening up dee ohvintes any sharp line of bend in the layers l l `and 2 adjacent the ller 3, and ineddition tenfls to thicken. the lower or b utt end of the shingle l f llnvlng thus dencrhed my invention, what l claim ie:

l. As e new article of manufacture, a. shingle having" ethiclcenedhutt, composed o a sheet of 'waterproof material folded Y upon itself et the butt end or the shingle, with e narrow llller strip interposed at the hntt end only between the layers thus prod11ce l`tlie parte being secured together by the einl'iloyment of cementitious material.

2. As a new article of manufacture, el shingle having; a thickened butt,` composed of waterproof peper comprising two layers forme/rl from a single sheet folded at its butt end about :i fibrous filler strip formed of corel or rope located at the hutt end ofthe shingle, 'the under layer cxtendin to a considerable listanoe along the un ci face of the upper layer but stopping short ofthe upper end thereof, and being secre therete by cementtious material.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a

shingle 'having a thickened butt, said. shin gle comprising Ven' sheet of papel folded upon itself and embracing at the folded butin porn tion of the shingle a, cord or rope, the under ayer of said sheet stopping short of the up -per end of the upper lyer; ande section of paper embraced between the upper and -and lower layers adjacent the butt proper,

'mesme all of aid parte being formed of Waterproof maera 21ml permanenty secured te' each other by a suitable cementtieus material.

n testimeny whereof have signed'my 15v M. M. RINES, "We M. PAINE. 

